On Sat, 5 May 2007, otsisto wrote: > Though not an expert, (note:I'm having a brain fog) I believe that > there are at least 4 embroidery stitches where the embroidery appears > on the front and back. blackwork/Spanish work is one. Montenegrin > crosstitch. Assisi(?) and a fourth that escapes me. (just finished > mowing the lawn in humid weather) I know these were done in the late > 1400s but not sure about earlier.
This is the sort of thing I'm looking for -- I don't need a reference to blackwork specifically, but rather to any reversible front/back technique that can be documented to c. 1400. Preferably England. So: Can anyone point me to a good published reference that would solve the need for a footnote to the statement "There were certain types of embroidery that were meant to look good on both front and back of the fabric in 1400"? I felt certain that there wore, and De seems to feel the same, but it's the magical Published Statement that we need. A published reference to an existing artifact would be ideal, or to a description of technique that dates from the period (e.g. not to a 19th-century manual for Assisi-style embroidery). If it helps, the description we're working with says the decoration is in black silk around the collar of a chemise. Presumably the chemise would be linen but it's not specified. All my friend wants to show that is that the nature of the description points to the decoration being embroidery, rather than (say) a band of applied trim. --Robin _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
